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  • An Upper Marlboro woman who stole $1.9 million from the federal government by double-billing for work on the expansion of the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison on one count of theft of government property.

    Woman who stole from feds sentenced Spencer S. Hsu 2011

  • Prosecutors brought forth bank statements, canceled checks and receipts—what they called evidence of double-billing, money laundering and other felonies.

    Mistrial in Council Case Scott Shifrel 2011

  • The employee who researched the problem was at a loss to explain why the double-billing occurred, saying that it was only the second time she had ever seen that happen.

    Check your credit-card bill carefully for "stereo" charges 2010

  • The employee who researched the problem was at a loss to explain why the double-billing occurred, saying that it was only the second time she had ever seen that happen.

    Check your credit-card bill carefully for "stereo" charges 2010

  • He is charged with intentionally double-billing U. S.-based Jewish charities such as the Indianapolis Jewish Federation, the Simon Weisenthal Center, and Israel Bonds.

    Olmert Indicted in Corruption Cases 2009

  • That would bring the total in double-billing fraud to $158 million.

    A University Defrauds the Federal Government, Then Cuts Jobs 2009

  • Not only are there potential conflicts, there is the potential for double-billing for the same work.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Dan 2007

  • Not only are there potential conflicts, there is the potential for double-billing for the same work.

    Outsourcing Plainfield's planning: Here there be dragons Dan 2007

  • Aside from silent but expensive lawyers, I've had double-billing lawyers, lawyers who charged me to make $90,000 errors, lawyers who have acted on my behalf without my permission, lawyers who billed me for the phrase "I don't know," and lawyers who have refused to pay my bills even after I paid theirs.

    Aaron Greenspan: Government By Lawyers, For Lawyers 2008

  • The law covers everything from the accidental double-billing at the grocery store to the handbag you bought on eBay that turned out to be a fake.

    Credit-Card Protections 2008

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